Farewell to Manzanar is a memoir published in 1972 by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston. It was adapted in the form of a television movie in 1976 starring Yuki Shimoda, Nobu McCarthy, Pat Morita, and Mako.
Jeanne Wakatsuki, the book's protagonist, is a Nisei (the child of a Japanese immigrant). At the age of seven, Wakatsuki, a native-born American citizen, and her family, were imprisoned at Manzanar, an American internment camp, wher...
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Farewell to Manzanar is a memoir published in 1972 by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston. It was adapted in the form of a television movie in 1976 starring Yuki Shimoda, Nobu McCarthy, Pat Morita, and Mako.
Jeanne Wakatsuki, the book's protagonist, is a Nisei (the child of a Japanese immigrant). At the age of seven, Wakatsuki, a native-born American citizen, and her family, were imprisoned at Manzanar, an American internment camp, where 11,070 Americans of Japanese ancestry and their immigrant parents, who were prevented from becoming American citizens by law, were confined during World War II. The book describes the Wakatsuki's family's experiences during their imprisonment, as well as events concerning her family both before and after World War II.
Ko Wakatsuki, Jeanne's father, emigrated to Honolulu, Hawaii and then to Idaho from Japan, running away with his wife and abandoning his family. Stubborn and proud, he negatively copes with his isolation, constantly drinking...
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